V. I. Lenin

Draft of an Order for all Soviets

Written:March 2, 1918First Published:1929 inLenin Miscellany XIPublished 	
		according to the manuscritSource:Lenin’sCollected Works, Progress
    	Publishers, Moscow, Volume 27, 1972, page 78Translated:Clemans Dutt, Edited by Robert DaglishTranscription\HTML Markup:Robert Cymbala and David WaltersOnline Version:Lenin Internet
    	ArchiveMarch, 2002

We assume that the peace treaty will be signed tomorrow, March 3, but the reports of our agents, taken in connection with all the circumstances, lead us to expect that among the Germans the party of war against Russia will gain the upper hand in the very near future. Hence the categorical order: delay the demobilisation of Red Army men; intensify preparations for blowing up railways, bridges and roads; mobilise and arm detachments; continue accelerated evacuation; withdraw armaments into the interior of the country.

Chairman of the Council of People’s CommissarsV. Uiyanov (Lenin)